The Diamantina Drover Chords by Redgum

_ Thank you. _ _ _
A few years ago I took a train ride up to Brisbane and on the train
there was an old man of about [Dm] 80 and he was a drover on the Diamantina River up
there for about 50 years.
The song's for him it's called the Diamantina Drover.
[F] He _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [F] faces in [C] the photograph [Dm] faded _ and _ I can't [F] believe he looks so [Bb] much like me
_ _ for [Dm] it's been ten long years [Am] today since [G] I left for old [Dm] Cork station [G] saying I
[Bb] won't be back till [Dm] the drover stops. _ _ _ _
[C] [Bb] For the rain _ [F] never falls [G] on the dusky _
[Dm] Diamantina.
The drover [A] finds it hard to [Bb] change his mind.
_ _ [C] For [F] the years have [A] surely gone like [Bb] the
drains from old [Dm] Cork station _
[G] and [F] I won't [Bb] be back [C] till the [Dm] drover stops. _ _ _ _
[C] _ [F] It seems [C] like
the sun comes [Dm] up each morning, _ _ _ _ sets me [E] up and [F] then takes it [Bb] all away.
_ _ [C] For [Dm] the dreaming
by [Am] the lights of the [Gm] _ _ [Dm] campfire at night _
[G] _ ends [Bb] with the [C] burning [Dm] light of day. _ _ _
[C] For [Bb] the rain never [F]
falls [G] on the dusty _
[Dm] Diamantina.
The drover [Am] finds it hard to [Bb] change his _ _ mind.
[C] For [F] the years have [A] surely gone like [Bb] the drains from old [Dm] Cork station _
[G] and [F] I [Bb] won't be [C] back till the [Dm] drover stops. _ _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
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[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
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_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [F] Sometimes I [C] think I'll settle back [Dm] in Sydney. _
_ _ But it's been so [Em] long [F] and it's hard to [Bb] change your mind.
_ _ [C] For [Dm] the cattle [A] trail goes on and on [G] and fences [Dm] grow forever. _
[G] And [F] I [Bb] won't be back [C] when the [Dm] drover stops. _ _ _
[C] For [Bb] the rain [F] never _ falls [G] on the dusty _
[Dm] Diamantina.
_ The drover [Am] finds it hard to [Bb] change his _ _ mind.
[C] _ [F] For the years have [Am] surely gone [Bb] like the drains from [Dm] old Cork station _
[G] and [F] I [Bb] won't be back [C] when the [Dm] floater stops. _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
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